Bomberman Party Edition

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I feel like a little Bomberman right now - how about you?

By IGN Staff

Bomberman is ready for one last hurrah on the PlayStation - Hudson's franchise pyromaniac will be returning to the states courtesy Vatical Entertainment this fall, in Bomberman Party Edition. Unlike some of the previous 32-bit Bomberman games, this one doesn't seem to stray too far from the old formula, created on the SNES and perfected on the PC-Engine and Saturn. Just a maze, some monsters, lots of power-ups, lots more bombs, and as many friends as you can get together to wreak explosive havoc for the better part of an evening.

Bomberman Party Edition supports five-player combat with a PlayStation multitap, and it lets you customize the multiplayer game to suit your particular taste. As in the Saturn version, you can play as more characters than just Bomberman, choosing from a roster of different monsters and other maze-dwelling avatars, each with different abilities. Those creatures will be your enemies in the single-player mode, which lets you kill time in fifty different stages.

Hudson's tried to tweak the Bomberman formula a fair bit in the last few years, and it's never worked all that well. Sticking with what works seems like a safer bet right now, and as is becoming a standard practice in the current PlayStation market, Vatical will be releasing Party Edition at a bargain price, under twenty dollars. That should leave a little money left over - if you can spare it, a multitap and plenty of nacho chips would be a very good investment if you plan to pick Bomberman Party Edition this September.